Observation by Peter Mulligan: NGC 457

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Peter Mulligan

Observer

Peter Mulligan

Observed

2019 Sep 07 - 21:23

Uploaded

2019 Sep 09 - 17:14

Objects

The Dragonfly Cluster (NGC457)

Equipment

Skywatcher 200p on EQ5
Canon 1100D

Exposure

45-30 sec, 800 ISO,

Location

Sheffield, UK

Target name

NGC 457

Title

NGC 457

About this image

This open cluster in Cassiopeia as got a few nicknames, The Owl or ET cluster etc. Gaia DR2 gives its distance as over 10,000 l/y, The bright star Phi Cas is spectral type F0Ia a luminous super giant. Gaia data puts its distance at 13,000l/y, so if this is correct its absolute magnitude would be -8.0M, that is a whopping 135,000 times the Suns luminosity

Files associated with this observation

NGC 457.jpg (1.4 MB)

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